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Intercellular Localization of Assimilatory Sulfate Reduction in Leaves of Zea mays and Triticum aestivum¹

Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut der Universität Bern, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland

The intercellular distribution of assimilatory sulfate reduction enzymes between mesophyll and bundle sheath cells was analyzed in maize (Zea mays L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaves. In maize, a C₄ plant, 96 to 100% of adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase and 92 to 100% of ATP sulfurylase activity (EC 2.7.7.4) was detected in the bundle sheath cells. Sulfite reductase (EC 1.8.7.1) and O-acetyl-L-serine sulfhydrylase (EC 4.2.99.8) were found in both bundle sheath and mesophyll cell types. In wheat, a C₃ species, ATP sulfurylase and adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase were found at equivalent activities in both mesophyll and bundle sheath cells. Leaves of etiolated maize plants contained appreciable ATP sulfurylase activity but only trace adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase activity. Both enzyme activities increased in the bundle sheath cells during greening but remained at negligible levels in mesophyll cells. In leaves of maize grown without addition of a sulfur source for 12 d, the specific activity of adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase and ATP sulfurylase in the bundle sheath cells was higher than in the controls. In the mesophyll cells, however, both enzyme activities remained undetectable. The intercellular distribution of enzymes would indicate that the first two steps of sulfur assimilation are restricted to the bundle sheath cells of C₄ plants, and this restriction is independent of ontogeny and the sulfur nutritional status of the plants.

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